A friend once told me—30 years ago when I was getting interested in music and wondered what sheet music to buy—that "you can never have too much music". He was wrong. I have way too much. The vast majority of music and books below consists of duplicates that I have acquired in various ways, but also listed is music I am no longer interested in (e.g. some music for recorders).
I would like to find good homes for a lot of this extra music, and offer it here. The prices are never more than 50% of the current retail price, if still in print. Any money will help subsidize the expenses of maintaining this web site.
Only one copy of each item is available. This page will be updated regularly, as items are taken, or as I list more items.
Minimum order $20. Buyer must pay shipping (U.S. Priority Mail or book rate—you choose). Payment must be received before shipping. Credit cards accepted. Write to with questions or requests. Describe music by number, if you wish. I will put items aside and tell you where to mail payment. I will absorb sales tax, if applicable.
(Your browser's "back button" will get you back to the index below after you click on one of the entries.)U7. Predule or Exercise, Op.35, by F. A. Hoffmeister. Amadeus. Difficult and long, but musical, piece for late one-key or early multi-key flute (originally published in 1793). Excellent condition; no marks other than a name on the front and first page. $8.
U10. Fantaisie Op.38/1 for one flute by F. Kuhlau. Barenreiter. Great for multi-keyed flute. Very good condition with no marks. $4.
D7. Three duets, Op.40, by W. Gabrielski. Falls House Press. Good for multi-keyed flutes. Excellent condition with no marks. $5.
D10. Two duets (No.18 in g; No.19 in Bb) by Michel de la Barre. Oxford 97.412. These are not included in the SPES collection of 17 de la Barre duets. Very good condition; no marks. $7.
T1. Sonata for three flutes in D, by Quantz. International. Three parts. Very good condition; no marks. $3.
Q1. Quartetto No. 1, D major, for 4 flutes, by Georg Abraham Schneider. Edition Kunzelmann. From circa 1810 or so. Can be played by one-key flutes willing to play in the third octave, or multi-keyed flutes. Four parts and score. Excellent condition; no marks. $10.
N1. Six concertos for five flutes, Op.15, by J. B. de Boismortier. Piper Press A102. Three parts (fl 1&2, fl 3&4, and fl 5); the fifth flute part has figures (for continuo, if desired). Very good vondition; no marks. Two volumes (slightly different size, for some reason), $6.
S1. Six sonatas for flute and continuo, Op.1, by J. J. Quantz. Flute and cello parts, plus score. Schott. Like new; no marks. Two volumes, $20.
S2. Two sonatas, Op.6, Nos.2,3, by Carl Friedrich Abel. Schott. Flute, bass parts plus score. Good condition; no marks. $7.
S3. Three sonatas (the first three from Op.2 of 1740) for two flutes and continuo by J. A. Hasse. Universal Edition. Two copies of flute/bass part plus a score. Excellent condition; no marks. $10.
S4. Three sonatas for flute and obligato harpsichord (the last three of a set of six chamber sonatas), by L. Krebs. Peters. Flute part plus score. Shows wear with a damaged spine, but clean and no marks other than a name in two places. $10.
S5. Suite in e minor, from Op.2, by J. Hotteterre le Romain. Barenreiter 3316. Parts and score. Shows wear on cover, but otherwise very good condition with no marks. $5.
S6. Sonata for flute and obligato harpsichord in B flat major, Wq.161.2, by C. P. E. Bach. Musica Rara MR2202. Excellent condition; no marks. $7.
S7. Sonata in D major for flute and continuo by J. G. Müthel. Barenreiter 3322. A great piece. Parts and score. Worn condition with cover coming off, but clean pages with only a few pencil marks and a name on the parts. $3.
S8. The four authentic flute sonatas (BWV 1034,1035, 1030, 1032), the first two with continuo and the last two with obligato harpsichord, by J. S. Bach. Henle Verlag 269. Excellent condition; no marks. $13.
P1. Sonata in e minor, Op.35, for piano and flute by Freidrich Schneider. Barenreiter. From 1814; good for multi-keyed flute. Score and flute part. Very good condition except for a slightly worn cover; no marks. $15.
P3. Concerto in G major by J. J. Quantz, edited for modern flute and piano. Kalmus 3810. Terrible edition; Quantz would never have used this ridiculous articulation or played this high. Very good condition; no marks. $2.
P5. "Arpeggione" Sonata by F. Schubert, transcribed for modern flute and piano by J. Galway. Associated (Schirmer) ED3359. Shows some wear on cover, but otherwise very good condition with no marks. $4.
TS2. Les Nations, for two flutes/oboes/violins, by F. Couperin. Modern edition by Musica Rara. Parts and score; four volumes (La Francois, L'Espagnole, L'Imperiale, La Piedmontoise). Excellent condition; no marks. $50.
TS4. Trio sonata in a minor for two flutes and continuo by W. F. Bach. Amadeus. Three parts and score. One small smudge in the margin of page 13 of the score, but otherwise excellent condition; no marks. $10.
TS5. Sonata for two flutes and continuo in b minor by Johannn Ludwig Krebs. Schott 5878. Parts and score. Shows age; partly torn cover, but otherwise very good condition with no marks other than a name in three places. $5.
E1. Paris Quartet #1 in G major for flute, violin, gamba or cello, and continuo, by G. P. Telemann. Barenreiter 4407. Five parts and score. Very good condition; no marks. $7.
R1. Quintet in D minor for four alto recorders and bass recorder (originally a minor third lower, for two flutes and two voice flutes with continuo), by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet. The Dolmetsch Library, Chappell. Parts and score. Like new; no marks. $5.
R2. Suite in six parts by Lorenzo Allegri, arranged for six recorders (SSATTB). The Dolmetsch Library, Chappell. Three dances. Parts and score. Like new; no marks. $5.
R10. L'Alphabet de la Musique, 24 sonatas in all the keys for alto recorder, by J. C. Schickhardt (1735). Zen-on Z509061-4, edited by W. Bergman and F. Brueggen. This is some of Schickhardt's best work. The original title says the work is for violin or flute, and also mentions alto recorder, which is to read the music as if were in French violin clef. These are in modern treble clef, i.e. have been transposed up a minor third (usually) from the original, so no reading in French violin clef is required. Excellent condition, no marks. Four volumes, $160.
F5. Three sonatas for harpsichord or fortepiano with flute accompaniment, Op.23 (c1785) by F. Devienne. Keyboard and flute parts. Outer box slighly bent, but otherwise excellent condition with no marks. $15.
F6. Six trios (suites) for two flutes and continuo by P. D. Philidor. Two part books plus figured but unrealized bass book, in outer cover. French violin clef. The outer box is squashed and has a faint name, but the part books are in excellent condition with no marks. $17.
F8. Six trio sonatas for two violins or flutes and continuo (1736) by Pietro Locatelli. Two treble and a bass part. Outer box broken, but otherwise like new condition with no marks. $20.
F9. Deuxieme Recreation de Musique (suite) for two flutes or violins, by Jean-Marie Leclair. Score only, with figured but unrealized continuo. Excellent condition; no marks. $15.
F11. Six sonatas for oboe, flute, violin, or harpsichord, with continuo, by Thomas Vincent, Op.1. Score. Excellent condition; no marks. $12.
F14. Premier Livre de Pieces (1710) and Deuxieme Livre de Pieces (1710) for flute and continuo, by Michel de la Barre. French violin clef. Excellent condition; no marks. Two volumes, $16.
F17. Premier Suitte de Pieces, Op.4 (1712) and Deuxieme Suitte de Pieces, Op.7 (1717) for two flutes, by Hotteterre le Romain. Early Music Facsimiles. French violin clef. Good condition, but not easy to read (unsophisticated reproduction, like a xerox copy); no marks. Two volumes, $8.
B1. Versuch einer Anweisung die Flute Traversiere zu Spielen, by J. J. Quantz. Barenreiter, hard cover. Facsimile of the 1789 Berlin edition, in German fractur type, with fold-out tables. Shows age with very yellowed pages, but otherwise excellent condition. $30.
B2.The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach, by Robert L. Marshall. Schirmer/Prentice, soft cover. Includes his artcle on the Bach flute sonatas. Excellent condition, no marks. $8.
B3. Performing Beethoven, by Robin Stowell. Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice 4, hard cover. Excellent condition; no marks. $30.
B4. Authenticities, Philosophical Reflections on Musical Performance, by Peter Kivy. Cornell, soft cover. Like new. $8.
B5. Inside Early Music, by Bernard D, Sherman. Oxford, hard cover. Conversations with performers. Like new. $15.
B6. Traverso, the First 10 Years, 1989–1998, ed. Ardall Powell. Folkers & Powell, soft cover. Like new. $12.
B7. The New Bach Reader, by David and Mendell, revised by C. Wolff. Norton, hard cover. Very good condition; no marks. $12.
B8. Principles of the Flute, Recorder, and Oboe, by Hotterterre le Romain. Translated by P. M. Douglas. Dover, soft cover. Good condition; no marks. $3.
B9. Principles of the Flute, Recorder, and Oboe, by Hotterterre le Romain. Translated by D. Lasocki. Praeger, hard cover. Shows some age but otherwise very good condition with no marks. $10.
B10. The Early Flute by John Solum, with a chapter on the renaissance flute by Anne Smith. Oxford Early Music Series 15, soft cover. Excellent condition; no marks except for a name. $15.